Starting to Plan our Sept Trip
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I only drive down because flying out of Dallas to Austin is kind of pointless. Although the MEGABUS! will take you straight there as well, and there is luxury options for bus service between DFW/HOU/AUS leaving almost every hour on the hour. Trip is fast down the highways here in Texas. But ol' Black Betty does the drive well, so I take her instead.
Reminds me of this recruiter who was hitting me up for a job in Austin. Would love to move there, but had to mention to her that Dallas and Austin are almost four hours apart. Folks don't understand sometimes how big Texas is.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Aaron-Studer said:
@Minion-Queen Any reason your not flying?
Flying is expensive. Driving is not.
Driving takes more time, but when you can work while driving, that makes it very worth it over flying.
Plus it's 4 people, not just one. So driving can be split by multiple people and the savings is HUGE.
Exactly. We can all split the cost. Flying means time that I am unavailable driving means I can continue working as if I was at my desk.
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The cost of driving down and back is the cost of one plane ticket.
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NTG also has some pretty fun road trips. @scottalanmiller and I have done a few together. Because we all work remotely the trip turns into a huge company meeting every time.
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@Minion-Queen What's your time worth? What's your teams time worth?
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@Minion-Queen What's your time worth? What's your teams time worth?
Time? We will be working the whole time. With Jet packs and wifi in my car we can work just as if we are at our desks. Last year I did about 15 billable hours in the car.
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And again it gives my team a chance to work together instead via Skype which is cool and all but face to face time is invaluable.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@Minion-Queen What's your time worth? What's your teams time worth?
What's the value of getting dedicated meeting time in one place worth?
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I wish you had room for a fifth but I'm a little big to be a fifth...
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@thanksajdotcom said:
I wish you had room for a fifth but I'm a little big to be a fifth.
And you don't have time to take off a full week for a 3 day event either I am sure.
We will probably leave on Sunday and take our time to arrive in Austin by Tuesday (this depends on anything going on day before this year).
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@Minion-Queen said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
I wish you had room for a fifth but I'm a little big to be a fifth.
And you don't have time to take off a full week for a 3 day event either I am sure.
We will probably leave on Sunday and take our time to arrive in Austin by Tuesday (this depends on anything going on day before this year).
I don't work at my full-time job Sunday or Monday, so I wouldn't have to take those off. I was planning to fly back Saturday or Sunday anyways, so even if I had to take one extra day off on the following week (like Tuesday), that'd be fine I'm sure.
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Doesn't matter no space...
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@Minion-Queen said:
Doesn't matter no space...
Yeah, I know...doesn't @art_of_shred have a spiffy new van though?
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Yes but not the mileage on it. We have smart buys on the Van and Dart so no driving to TX in them.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Yes but not the mileage on it. We have smart buys on the Van and Dart so no driving to TX in them.
Darn...
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How long does this drive generally take?
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That's why we just bought a 3rd car to allow for mileage to pile up on. The new car is great and will be very comfortable for 4 adults. But anymore than that and it wont be.
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@Minion-Queen said:
That's why we just bought a 3rd car to allow for mileage to pile up on. The new car is great and will be very comfortable for 4 adults. But anymore than that and it wont be.
And I'm the size of two people, easily.
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and not just because I'm fluffy...
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@coliver said:
How long does this drive generally take?
From here to Austin is about 24 hours if we drive straight through (and that has happened more than once). Going through Flint only adds an extra hour. So not too bad this year.
